I propose to take Questions Nos. 721 and 722 together.
The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established in June 2011, this was reconfigured in 2016 to become the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, and further reconfigured in July 2017 to become the Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The information sought by the Deputy is provided in the following tables in respect of the period from 2011 onwards.
1.
Public service employees under the remit of the Department
Year
|
% Female
|
2011
|
43
|
2012
|
44
|
2013
|
44
|
2014
|
45
|
2015
|
46
|
2016
|
47
|
2017 (September)
|
46
|
2. Employees of non-commercial bodies under the aegis of the Department
Year
|
% Female
|
2011
|
43
|
2012
|
43
|
2013
|
43
|
2014
|
44
|
2015
|
45
|
2016
|
45
|
2017
|
44
|